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what is the angle between two hands when time is 5:30

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vamsi Krishna  (8 years ago)

Angle between two hands=11/2*M-30*H
=11/2*30-30*5
=165-150
=15

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Devendra Marghade  (8 years ago)

15°

At 5:30 minute hand will be at position 6 and hour hand will be exactly between 5 and 6 and will cover 15°, so angle between two hands=30 -15 = 15°

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Prashant Kumar  (8 years ago)

Answer will be 15°

EXPLANATION
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Hour hand makes 360° in its complete rotation, i.e 12 hrs makes 360° or we can say 12hrs*60minutes=720 minutes makes 360°. So hour hand makes 360°/720minutes=0.5°/minute.

Minutes hand makes 360° in its complete rotation, i.e is 60 minutes makes 360°. So minute hand makes 360°/60minutes= 6°/minutes.

Now According to question,

Hour hand will make total angle from mark 12 in clockwise direction ,
0.5°*(60*5+30)=165°
Minute hand will make angle from mark 12 in clockwise direction,
6°*30=180°
So angle between two hands=180-165=15°

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prerna sinha  (8 years ago)

Angle will be 30°

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Bhavesh Ahalani  (8 years ago)

30.
angle between 12-6=180. diving it by 6 the angle between 5 and 6 ie at 5:30 =30

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pranoy  (7 years ago)

the formula is 11/2*(mm)-30(hh)
put mm=30 and hh=5
we get 165-150=15

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Sumit's Singh  (8 years ago)

Total angle made by clock in a full cycle = 360°
No. Of hours = 12
Angle made by swiping 1 hour= 360/12
= 30°
Angle between both hand when time is 5:30 = means hour hand at 5 and min hand at 6 will sweep 30° ..

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Abhranil Banerjee  (8 years ago)

angle= 1/2(60H - 11M) where H=hour hand, M=minute hand
=1/2(60*5-11*30)
=1/2(300-330)
=-15

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Prajeet Srivastav  (8 years ago)

30 deg because

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reeti pandey  (8 years ago)

angle traced by it in 5 hrs 30 min i,e.11/2hrs=360/12*11/2=165 degree
angle traced by it in 30 mins=360/60*30=180 degree
required angle=180-165=15 degree

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Sumit's Singh  (8 years ago)

Angle between minute and hour hand when clock sweep 5 mins = 360/12 = 30
Since we want angle b/w two hands at 5:30 , at that time the minute hand also sweep half = 15°
So, Now resulting angle b/w minute and hour hand at 5:30 be = 30° - 15° = 15°

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ankitkushwah  (7 years ago)

ans 30 degree

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VIKRANT SHEWARE  (6 years ago)

5.30 time
hr hand 5*30=150
30*1/2=15
150+15=165
min.hand 30*6=180
in.hand-hr.hand = 180-165=15

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Bhaskar Kumar Das  (5 years ago)

15 degree
here hour=5 and minute=30
formula is (11/2*minute-30*hour)
place it in the formula and answer will come

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Anand  (8 years ago)

180/6=30 at 5:30 the hour hand will be between 5&6 so 30/2=15

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gaurav Tripathi  (8 years ago)

5 degress

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tejaswi  (8 years ago)

6 degrees

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balaji waghmare  (7 years ago)

15°
for complete 1 hour ,hour hand require 30° .
for complete 30min hour hand complete 15°
angle between two hands = 30° -15° = 15°

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Mohit Soni  (7 years ago)

Ans will be |30*hrs - (11/2)* minutes|
Hence according to this formula
|30*5 - (11/2) *30|= |150-165| =15degrees

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sneha  (7 years ago)

|11/2m-30h|=|11/2*30-30*5|=15

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yogesh  (7 years ago)

direct formula is 30*h - 5.5*m... h stands for hours...m stands for minutes....so here---30*5-5.5*30=-15..so the angle is 15 degrees...negative sign indicates that min hand is moving ahead of hour hand

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Atul mishra  (7 years ago)

30 degree is the right answer because when the bigger hand of clock is at 6 nd the smaller one is at 5 it will make an angle of 30degree

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neeti bhavsar  (7 years ago)

15°
each hour represents 30°, so hour hand in between 5 and 6 hour will be half. when minute hand is on 6 it will show 15°

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Kinjal Mitra  (7 years ago)

15 degrees

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annapoorani.m  (7 years ago)

30/2=15.the angle between 5 and 6 is 15.

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lopamudra bhowmick  (7 years ago)

angle=(11/2M - 30H)
=(11/2*30 - 30*5)
=(165 - 150)
=15degree

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harkirat kaur  (7 years ago)

30 degree.
360/12

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DIVYESH SONI  (7 years ago)

one hour in a clock makes an angle of 15 degree at origin.

at 05:30 , minute hand will pointing at 6
and hour hand will be pointing exactly between 5 and 6.

therefore angle projected by two hands of the clock will be = 15/2 degree
= 7.5 degree

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sneha  (7 years ago)

|11/2m-30h|=|11/2*30-30*5|=|165-150|=15

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yamuna  (7 years ago)

11//2(m)-30(h)=angle
angle required=11/2(30)-30(5)
=15

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Subam Das  (7 years ago)

Angle between two hands =30*H-11/2*M
=30*5-11/2*30
=165-150
=15deg

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HARINI  (7 years ago)

1/2|60H-11M|
1/2|60 (5)-11 (30)|
1/2|-30|
15°

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Siddharth Singh Tomar  (7 years ago)

Speed of min hand =6°/min
30min we have6*30=180
For exactly 5 o clock we have 150 °
Speed of hour hand=1/2°/min
=1/2*30=15
150+15=165
Angle made by both hands=180-165=15°

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Kokkanti Prasanthi  (6 years ago)

15 Degrees

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kumar lalit  (5 years ago)

1min space =6 deg
5min space= 6*5= 30

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KARTHI S  (5 years ago)

15 degree
angle difference between every hour is 30 deg.(360/12 hr= 30 deg)
hence hands between 5 and 6 will be 30 deg and 30 mins passed from 5.hence 15 degree should be subtracted.
30-15=15 degree

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Namrata prakash mesta  (5 years ago)

At 5:30 the hour hand rests half way between the 5 and 6 and the minute hand exactly at 6.
As there are 24 half hour intervals on a clock ,the angle of one is: 360/24=15

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Vamsi  (1 year ago)

Angle =mod ( 30hrs - 11/2 mins)( angle b/w hr and minute hand of a clock)
Angle : ?
Given hrs : 5
Mins : 30
Angle = 30*5- 11/2 * 30
= 150- 11*30/2
= 150 - 11* 15
= 150 - 165
= - 15

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Anurag Pandey  (3 Months ago)

Angle of 5:00 = 30(Angle of every hour)×5 = 150°
Angle of 00:30 = 5.5(Relative Speed)×30 = 165°
Now,
165° - 150° = 15° Ans

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